Guests Evacuated In Holiday Inn Fire

A laundry room fire was reported at 3:41 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Express in Lebec on Saturday, March 31. All guests were evacuated.Firefighters contained the damage to the laundry room. The hotel was still closed on April 4. [Gary Meyer photo for The Mountain Enterprise]

As Kern County Fire Department (KCFD) crews arrived, they observed smoke coming from first-floor windows of the three-story building. They immediately called for a second alarm. Engine 56 made the initial attack on the flames, while personnel from Engines 55 and 57 evacuated the building.